Winter Wonderland?

Doug wouldn't let me title this post "Anniversary Weekend" for some odd reason, and I had to do a drawing of the snow people from down the street because their heads had fallen off by the time I got out there this morning (notice: each snow person had an eye fall out already, because of all the..um, activity). The drawing is pretty accurate and if you have an imagination I'm sure you can picture how hilarious this scene was.

We did spend the weekend up in the Wisconsin Dells, which was a lot of fun, also. I haven't loaded the "real" pictures yet, so the snow people will have to do as I have more errands to run today before Jeopardy and my massage -- yes, I am spoiling myself, however if I wasn't I'd probably be curled up in the corner of my office weeping about all of the nasty snow.

Ok, fine, Winter is not over I GET IT, but enough already! After all, look at what it is making the snow people do!!

SPRING!!

Yes, I know that it's not quite Spring... well, I mean, I know that there are bouts of Winter left, but this weather is OUTRAGEOUS! People have always told me "You'd miss Winter if you moved somewhere warm year-round" (spoken with nasal-northern/midwestern-accent). Truth is, I wouldn't miss Winter at all, though I'd definitely miss Spring. I'm seriously fascinated by everything Spring. I came back from my Lunch Walk at work the other day, and I announced "SPRING IS HERE! I'm declaring it!" My co-workers inquired about the temperature, and I said: "Let me put it this way, YOU CAN'T SEE YOUR BREATH!" Then, I went on and on about the melting snow and the water rushing everywhere -- I'm a total nutcase at this time of the year (haha, yes, more than usual).

I went rollerblading today = HA!

I made that fleur in paint, while on hold = :)

A February to Remember

Catching up with my friends used to happen on Friday and Saturday nights. Now, we catch up with lengthy phone calls or long-winded emails and I can't help feeling that it's just not the same. I'm extremely pleased with the way my life is going (career indecision excluded), I am with someone who makes me smile on an hourly basis, I am supporting myself -- cellphone bill and groceries aside, I thoroughly enjoy my free time & friends still living here: basically, my life is progressing as it should. Nonetheless, I once again feel like I was not prepared for this sudden social shift. Where is everybody? We can't be at the point already where we only see each other at Weddings and on Holidays ...can we? I think I'd feel better if we had annual events planned, like a Roomie Reunion, a Hometown Barcrawl, a Madtown Barcrawl and maybe even a Ohio/Wisc Spring Break! Yes, that would definitely make me feel better about all of this. Maybe some of you are ready to move on to this so-called "Mature Phase" but I happen to still like all of you and I do believe we were all close friends at one time or another and I'm not ready to give that up! I'm not sure what to do about all of it, however, if you have any ideas shoot me an email for chrissake. Or, on an individual level: if you're thinking about/missing me, then that probably means that I'm thinking about/missing you, so let's at least do lunch if you're in the frickin state?

This February has been one to remember, for sure, but my personal curse is that I remember most Februaries and I'm not capable of forgetting all of the great times we had.

I love you and I think it sucks that we don't see each other more, you buttholes.

Be Mine

WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS EXTREME LOVEY, GIRLIENESS. DO NOT PROCEED IF YOU ARE EASILY NAUSEATED.
I came home to these yesterday :) I was so surprised, especially since we had decided not to do that much for our VD (hehehe: VD!), but that's just Doug -- he finds some way to make me feel special everyday. For the rest of the evening, I replayed that moment when I walked in the door to this beautiful bouquet and I kept thinking: "Was that really me? Did that really happen to me?"

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Happy VD everyone! May we all be so lucky to have someone who makes us feel special everyday.

Some Dudes

Yeah, these are just two random dudes at what appears to be some sort of drunkfest.

Just teasing you Timmy -- you said you thought this photo was blog-worthy, and indeed it is (especially after I "fixed" it so), however, I probably should have made you write something up to do it justice. It's not that I don't have plenty of wonderfully slanderous things to say about you & Burnsy and the end of your special relationship together, it's just that I am feeling rather creatively drained after days of trying to come up with seemingly unique and exciting reasons to go to work in the morning. I hope you'll understand and please know that I've been thinking about you both during yet another transition in this crazy, chaotic, stage of our lives.